Canterbury Surf

Detailed Canterbury surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Canterbury. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Canterbury. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Canterbury over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Canterbury and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Canterbury Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Canterbury Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Canterbury coastline are also listed below.

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	Sun		Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.4 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	12	11	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	7	12	16	16
Energy(?)	668	474	226	875	92	1045	4057	1461	1098	1529	1118	851	1041	1159	690	525	384	109	24	70	444	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:18AM 1.95		3:13PM 2.22		4:03AM 1.97	4:18PM 1.93		4:50AM 1.94	4:28PM 1.86		4:49AM 1.86	4:43PM 2.14		6:21AM 1.87	5:24PM 2.13		7:05AM 1.66	6:19PM 1.81		7:02AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 0.15	9:03AM 0.45		9:49PM 0.16	10:19AM 0.18		10:39PM 0.18	11:07AM 0.19		10:39PM 0.19	11:02AM 0.20		12:16AM 0.24	12:37PM 0.24		1:01AM 0.25			12:59AM 0.34		1:15PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	17	14	14	10	11	9	12	13	15	19	19	16	17	17	16	20	20	14	13	13
Low °C	16	16	16	13	11	10	11	9	11	12	12	16	17	14	17	15	15	17	16	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	14	13	7	9	8	12	12	15	19	19	16	17	17	16	20	20	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.4 SSE	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	12	11	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	7	11	7	7	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.0 ESE	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.8 S	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.9 SSE	0.2 E	0.6 NNE	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.4 NE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	19	11	3	10	10	10	15	9	11	10	15	9	5	11	11	7	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.7 NNW	-	0.8 S	0.4 NE	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 NNW	-	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.5 SE
Period (s)	12	4	-	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	5	-	5	-	2	-	5	5	4

	Sunday 29			Monday 30								Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 SE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	2.4 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	18	16	16	16	12	10	14	8	15	14	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	519	629	308	301	222	367	690	522	730	818	707	568	774	105	396	1382	2410	1528	1952	1461	1292	1212
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	1:50PM 1.85				3:14AM 1.99				3:38PM 1.89				3:02AM 2.43	4:03AM 1.97				4:23PM 1.73				4:06AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			8:32PM 0.43				9:20AM 0.19				9:04PM 0.15								9:34PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	18	17	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	18	17	15	16	16	14	14	12	12	13	8	8	9	8	10	9	9	9	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	1.3 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	16	16	11	13	10	10	14	15	14	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	6	7	7	20	20	17	17	17	11	11	16	11	15	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	3	3	3	3	3	19	18	-	-	-	12	3	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 29										Monday 30
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	South Shore Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smithfield Canterbury	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Trolley's Canterbury	Patiti Point Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	17	17	17
Energy(?)	529	521	668	603	245	245	409	309	355	367	412	462	217	225	223	259	387	387	621	693	693	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:50PM 1.85														3:15AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)								8:55PM 0.16												8:45AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	21	21	16	18	20	18	19	18	16	17	16	14	16	16	14	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	15	21	21	16	18	20	18	19	18	16	16	16	13	16	16	14	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	12	20	20	17	19	19	17	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.2 NE	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 NNE	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	4	4	5	3	2	5	4	4	2	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	3